is a member of the editorial team at The Daily Star.
The interview explores the evolving narrative of democracy in Bangladesh since 1971.
Samina Luthfa talks about the interim government's performance 6 months after it took office.
Dr Md Shamsul Hoque, professor of civil engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), talks to Monorom Polok of The Daily Star about the maiden BRT line in Dhaka that opened last month.
Prof Syed Munir Khasru, who heads the Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG), in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
Dr Samina Luthfa, associate professor at the Department of Sociology in Dhaka University, talks about the recent controversy surrounding Shilpakala Academy and the theatre scene in Bangladesh with Monorom Polok of The Daily Star.
Prof Md Shamsul Hoque talks about the practicality of undertaking megaprojects like the Karnaphuli tunnel with The Daily Star.
Kalpona Akter, labour rights activist and president of Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, talks to The Daily Star.
Look at cities like Kolkata and Jakarta, where metros were built at much lower costs and in less time.
Dear Reehan Rahman, My father, photojournalist and editor Shafiqul Islam Kajol, was added to the list of hundreds of Bangladeshi victims of enforced disappearance on March 10, 2020.
An account by photojournalist Kajol’s son.
On 3rd May, after 12 am, I turned on my computer and began to write a short article regarding my missing father. I didn’t know back then that I was about to get a call and would be able to talk to my father in two hours.